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↠ 7 tricks that make brewing beer a breeze

Here’s a selection of random tips for the experienced and not so experienced beer brewer. Some of these tips will suit your beer making style, some will not.

Some are nice to haves, some are things that even the most harden veteran must do (STERILIZATION!) and do every time they brew.

The beauty of making beer is that there are many ways to do things, but given that beer has been brewed for over 6000 years, the process of brewing beer is well-trodden and any shortcuts will lead you off the path of quality beer making.

Allowing the fermenting beer to be exposed to oxygen can allow beer spoiling bugs and organisms such acetobactor to sour your beer by using the oxygen to ferment the alcohol into acetic acid – commonly known as vinegar. Keep your fermenter well sealed!

Same goes for bottling – try to avoid getting too many bubbles in the bottle as your pour.It’s cool to cool your wort

You'd do best to brew an ale than a lager

The truth is that the darker the beer, the more forgiving it will be in the home brewing process.

It's very easy to make a mistake with your first homebrew so a beer style that's good to drink and is also easy to take care of is the brew you are after.

While you should feel free to start with a lager, and yes, many starter beer kits do come with lagers, bear in mind that lagers need to be cooled rather more quickly than an ale and they also require a bit more yeast in the fermentation process.

Use fresh beer making ingredients – it’s not a fancy suggestion at all

The importance of brewing with fresh ingredients cannot be overstated. The quality of home brewed beer can only be as good as the quality of the ingredients going into the brew kettle.

If you use old stock, you run the risk of your beer tasting like old socks. Pretty simple. This is especially true of the yeast that you use (it may lose it’s potency if too old) and hops.

Don’t listen to all the hacks that might be writing about beer (?)

Worrying obsessively about every little thing you read on the internet will not help your beer taste any better. Find a beer brewing guide you are happy with and just get on with it!